I am proud to introduce Cafe Fernando's new iPhone application!
Almost the entire Cafe Fernando recipe archive is included in the application, as well as a few new recipes - all together with photos. The application also has a very cool "Shopping Cart" feature that transfers the list of ingredients for any given recipe into the shopping cart, so you can see what you need to buy as ...

New Year's Eve Dinner Party at The Mansion (my friends' place) has been a tradition for over ten years now. I have had the pleasure of sharing this feast with my dearest friends for quite some time and have been sharing photos from the dinner table for the last three years.
After all these years, I can't even imagine being somewhere else on New Year's Eve. A huge, ...

Today, Cafe Fernando turns four.
I remember the day I decided on a name, bought a hosting plan, found a simple Wordpress theme and published my first post, titled "Hello World!" like yesterday. So many great things have happened since then. Things that I couldn't have ever imagined four years ago today.
One day I receive an e-mail from a food writer in San Francisco asking for travel advice, ...

A 22-pound butterball turkey, a tray full of dolmas, another tray full of artichokes in olive oil, stuffing, rice with roasted almonds, thinly sliced carrots cooked in turkey stock and sweetened with maple syrup, three large mixed salads with pomegranate seeds, another very exciting layered salad with shrimps, beets and avocado and crown roast of lamb stuffed with green beans and Brussels sprouts for those who prefer ...

Every year food bloggers from all around the world join forces to raise money for the U.N. World Food Program by offering a delectable collection of food-related bid items for the Menu for Hope raffle. In its 6th year now, this annual fundraising campaign was created by Pim and hosted by many food floggers in the past. This year's host for Europe is David Lebovitz.
I am very ...